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Filipina golfer Rianne Malixi during the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam. Handout/PSC-POC Media

Filipina golfer Rianne Malixi during the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam

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31st Southeast Asian Games

Steve Angeles

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1721551254930072124_Rianne Malixi.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Filipina golfer Rianne Malixi during the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam. Handout/PSC-POC Media"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Filipina golfer Rianne Malixi during the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam. <em>Handout/PSC-POC Media</em></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA -- Filipina golfer Rianne Malixi made up for last year&#x27;s heartbreak by winning the 75th US Junior Girls championship, Saturday in Tarzana, California (Sunday, Manila time).</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Malixi, 17, battled through the blazing heat to defeat Asterisk Talley of Chowchilla, California in the finals.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">After finishing tied for second in stroke play, Malixi dominated the next three days of match play. She was tied with Talley after four holes in the 36-hole finals before winning eight of the next ten.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Malixi finished the first 18 holes up six, before Talley tried to fight back by winning a pair of holes after the break. But the Filipina remained composed and won three of the last five holes to end the match on the 11th.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;It feels surreal. I&#x27;m on cloud 9 right now because I&#x27;m just really emotional I know I&#x27;ve dedicated a lot of time in training and it&#x27;s nice to see that hard work pays off this week,&quot; said Malixi, who lost the 2023 edition of the final to Kiara Romero.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;It&#x27;s good to have something off from my bucket list and I&#x27;ve always wanted to win this for the longest time so it feels so good,&quot; she added.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In 29 holes of action, Malixi had 14 birdies with no bogies.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">She will now stay on the road with tournaments scheduled in Finland next week and Oklahoma early next month. </span></div>

<p>Filipina golfer Rianne Malixi made up for last year's heartbreak by winning the 75th US Junior Girls championship, Saturday in Tarzana, California (Sunday, Manila time).</p>

Filipina golfer Rianne Malixi made up for last year's heartbreak by winning the 75th US Junior Girls championship, Saturday in Tarzana, California (Sunday, Manila time).

Filipina golfer Rianne Malixi wins 75th Junior Girls championship

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Filipina golfer Rianne Malixi wins 75th Junior Girls championship

Steve Angeles,

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Published July 21, 2024 04:42 PM PHT

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